SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492015-03-03T11:51:01-07:00SparkFun ElectronicsCustomer #375382 on KIT-12777 - MOSS Basic Kit - Zombonitron 1600Customer #375382urn:uuid:d3e898d3-5dde-4848-8044-594d68e5a6682014-12-04T19:21:09-07:00<p>Exactly</p>raygeeknyc on KIT-12777 - MOSS Basic Kit - Zombonitron 1600raygeeknycurn:uuid:35d926e4-c188-53ed-657c-b4ce4b5d09112014-06-21T09:59:49-06:00<p>I&rsquo;m going to chime in late here; I build robots from the prototyping board and H-Bridge up but I still enjoy what I can throw together with a Mindstorms NXT or VEX. These are another step up but I agree that it&rsquo;s not yet a way to build &ldquo;practical&rdquo; robots. What they are is a way to make those lines of code and pin assignments &ldquo;real&rdquo; - I can&rsquo;t get a child or even most adults to really understand that a gate or an if statement is actually embodied in a microns-sized set of transistors and other etched components, but here is the actual logic or bus connection brought to life at a scale that I can show, perceive and touch. Yes the scale means that a program of typical complexity is impractical but these, LIttleBits and Cubelets are a great intro and they&rsquo;re all starting to offer &ldquo;gateway&rdquo; modules: integrated Arduinish components.</p>LED addict on KIT-12777 - MOSS Basic Kit - Zombonitron 1600LED addicturn:uuid:08dd8fb6-898a-5ee6-3337-c22f2b57bc032014-05-13T20:39:50-06:00<p>Okay, I suppose this could serve as a way in for people who are intimidated by the circuit boards and exposed wires and stuff. Alright my, opinion has successfully been changed. This product has its place.</p>TimZaman on KIT-12777 - MOSS Basic Kit - Zombonitron 1600TimZamanurn:uuid:753f3abc-cfa4-8f34-c8c6-7cde561109e02014-05-13T14:53:52-06:00<p>Thanks for your opinion, you should probably not buy the product. As your comment implies, you are obviously not the target audience (although you react in a way as if you are or should be). This seems to be ideal with people or kids who want to get into electronics starting easy 101: in that case things should not be hacky, and therefore are usually fairly expensive. note that there is a lot in the kit there, $150 is not that bad, i expected double (it&rsquo;s why i clicked on the product :-) ). Your second comment is why Sparkfun is selling it: it&rsquo;s because Sparkfun is here to promote science and electronics, and what better way to lure people into it by setting the bar extremely low.</p>Cheezey on KIT-12777 - MOSS Basic Kit - Zombonitron 1600Cheezeyurn:uuid:ce12f43a-ab25-00b9-4253-84399b072b642014-05-12T19:48:29-06:00<p>A lot of people on here might want to get their kids interested in robotics. This kit seems pretty accessible to beginners.</p>LED addict on KIT-12777 - MOSS Basic Kit - Zombonitron 1600LED addicturn:uuid:383293e9-5f0e-8e95-2d1d-af6ee35fc2412014-05-11T19:38:02-06:00<p>I&rsquo;m all for people learning and getting into electronics through something like this, but why is Sparkfun selling it? If you&rsquo;re browsing Sparkfun&rsquo;s catalog, you&rsquo;re probably already into all that. And then there&rsquo;s the price, for the price of just one of these kits you could buy a lot of breadboard arduino stuff. That&rsquo;s not messy. You can play with it for hours on a desk and learn more than you would with this. I suppose it has its place, I just don&rsquo;t think this is it. Maybe I&rsquo;m just being an idiot, I&rsquo;m kinda tired.</p>jockm on KIT-12777 - MOSS Basic Kit - Zombonitron 1600jockmurn:uuid:32ca723d-f897-6525-145e-dbed0b5c2fbc2014-05-11T10:39:12-06:00<p>And that is fine, no one is stopping you from doing it the other way. However don&rsquo;t condemn a product because it doesn&rsquo;t fit your needs. There are plenty of people who just want to play and experiment quickly without the messy cables, soldering, etc.</p>
<p>Who knows, maybe using this product will inspire people to go deeper and learn to make robots the other way.</p>LED addict on KIT-12777 - MOSS Basic Kit - Zombonitron 1600LED addicturn:uuid:da02ad45-7b4b-fea3-8462-ee715dd311472014-05-11T07:51:40-06:00<p>I happen to like programming, and messy cables, and soldering; this (along with the cubelets) looks kinda boring and WAY to expensive.</p>